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sauces. This home-ground meal is the
cheapest, most nutritious food known.
Hygiene.
Far 5cfaeol Wear
There is nothing nicer for the little
girls going to school than every-day
dresses of good gingham or fast-colored
calicos. A fast-colored blue or
red dress will wash, and look well as
long as it lasts. It is well to line the
waist and sleeves, and put several
tucks in the skirt, for, while the goods
aro apt to shrink up, the littlo body
is sure to stretch out, necessitating a
lengthening of the garment before it
is done with. Red and blue calico,
trimmed with a pretty piece of "seam
over" braid is both neat and service
able. Gingham aprons are more satis
factory than calico, as they wear
longer and protect the dress better. A
few white, or light-colored calicoes,
prettily trimmed with strong lace, or
suitable embroidery, will answer very
well for the "dress-up" . occasions.
Most littlo boys are hard on their
waist buttons; to remedy this, let
them wear blouse waists, with suspen
ders underneath. For these blouses,
nothing is better for every day wear
than stout ginghams or duck. Let
the beys have plenty of pockets; and a
few of them wont come amiss for the
girl.
Try to have plenty of plainly-made,
easily-laundered aprons, and this will
call for fewer dresses, whether they
be of cotton or woolen. The cotton
dress should have the preference be
cause of its being washable; one never
knows what a school child's clothes
may gather up. Little drawers made
of outing flannel, or a good quality of
flannelette, are better than the knit
ones, in beinq: better fitting, more
comfortable and patchable. . As the
drawers must bo changed oftener than
the waist, it is better to make them
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A' BACK NUMBER
Th Milk and Vgg Diet
Starving the patient who has a sick
stomach, -is an out of date treatment
and no longer necessary with the pro
digested and nourishing food Grape
Nuts that the weakest stomach can
handle and grow strong upon.
There is plenty of proof oi this: "I
had suffered from stomach trouble for
six years and for most qf the last two
years had been confined to my bed,
the trouble having become chronic in
Bpite of the very best medical atten
tion. I had always been a coffee drink
er, but for the past year I could not
drink it at all because it made me so
nervous I could not sleep and my ap
petite was almost entirely gone.
"Then some friend advised me to
try the predigested food Grape-Nuts
and about three months ago I did so
end since that time my' improvement
has been so rapid that my customers
and friends are astonished and every
day someone remarks upon my
changed condition. I have gained 15
pounds, sleep well, my appetite is
feood and my digestion is perfect
Where I have lived on milk and light
diet for years I now eat most any
thing I want and don't suffer any in
convenience either. The way Grape
Nuts food has built up my stomach
end strengthened my nervous system
particularly is just wonderful.
"I drink your food drink Pcstum,
too, and no longer feal the want of
coffee. There is absolutely no doubt
that leaving off coffee and using Grape
Nuts and Postum has brought me out
of my bed from an invalid back to fine
health." 'Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
"There's a reason" and that reason
is plain to anyone who will spend a
few minutes investigating in the in
terest of health.
Send to the Co. for particulars by
mail of extension of time on the $7,
500.00 cooks contest for 735 money
prizes.
separate; it is but littlo moro trouble,
and the waists may bo mado perfectly
plain. The lower limbs arid body must
bo kept comfortable, if you wish your
child to withstand disease.
Look After The Baby
Wo shall soon,, have chilly evenings,
and, in fact, days; and it Is well to
take notice that baby is comfortably
dressed. A glance at the average baby
in the average homo will show, moro
than a multitude of explanatory lines,
why this caution is necessary. While
the adult feels none too warm at a
higher and warmer altitude, clad in
long skirts, and thick hose, tho aver
age baby has upon its little limbs only
hose of differing lengths, mostly down
about its ankles, with shoes which arc
continually coming off, a cold often
wet cotton diaper and "no petticoats
to speak of," and creeps on the cold
est, most uncomfortable part of the
loom the floor, where tho coldest air
naturally settles. Look at its littlo
blue, mottled, legs, its soft, baby flesh
covered with "goose-bumps," and do
not wonder at its fretful whlnings af
ter its unthinking mamma. Do koep
the baby comfortable.
For The Creplnsr Baby
The prudent mother will see that
the dangers of tho creeping period of
her child's life are not underestimated
Preventive measures will save baby
many a spell of pain, if not actual
sickness, and should bo earnestly
adopted. For tho baby who creeps
this fall, the following method for
short clothes is suggested: A knit,
snug-fitting band with narrow straps;
have four, at least; the knit band over
the bowels is an undisguised blessing,
especially in the autumn, winter, and
spring. A high-necked, long-sleoved,
silky-woolen shirt; next, a waist with
buttons (can bo made in cotton knit
goods, canton flannel, or flannel, or
bought ready made). To these attach
a pair of leglets, which do not Inter
fere with the diaper, but which cover
the thighs, knees and down to the
ankles; the value of these leglets is
incalculable. Have tiny hose support
ers also attached to the waist, and
hold the warm hose snugly over the
leglets; then use diaper drawers, or
not, as you please, but if used, make
them of thick, washable good3, and
do not put them on one hour and leave
them off tho next Have a little skirt
buttoning to the waist, and over this
a combination skirt and waist, all in
two long gored pieces back and front.
Over this, use an outing flannel, or
flannel dress and apron, and keep a
soft dry bib under the little drooling
chin. If you use thin shoes, buy a
pair of felt insoles for them, and,
whatever you do, don't let baby have
cold feet A baby old enough to creep
is old enough to learn cleanly habits,
and will soon recognize that cleanli
ness means comfort, and ask for at
tention when wanted. Do not neglect
the attention to its wants during tho
night, for a wet, chilly baby is an
easy prey to disease. Dear mothers,
do take care of the baby. If you have
not time "to care for the baby and the
housework, choc .re the baby. Let ev
erything else go, but do take thought
for the little one who cannot take
thought for itself. Selected.
average, are temperate. Tho climate
is calculated to develop not only
healthy, but vigorous, activo types of
woman and manhood, and that such
is tho caso one can readily see from
tho physical appearance of tho inhab
itants and especially thoso who havo
lived thero a majority of their years.
They aro a people having a great love,
not only for their own section of tho
country, but for tho United States at
large, and aro Intensely patriotic
They havo a high appreciation of the
advantages of education and expend
largo sums of money for tho support
and maintenance of their schools. The
majority of tho moro devout Chris
tians, belonging to tho Mothodist,
Baptist, Presbyterian and Catholic
churches. Kansas City Journal.
The Cherokees.
The Cherokees excel all other Ind
ians in literature, agricultural and me
chanical pursuits and to verify this
fact it is only necessary for one to
travel through the Indian Territory
and visit that portion occupied by the
five tribes. The Cherokee nation lies
north of the Creek and Choctaw na
tions with Arkansas and Missouri on
the east, Kansas on the north and the
Osage nation on the west, between the
35th and 37th degrees of latitude, be
ing thus situated in the latitude where
the summer heat never approaches the
torrid zone, while the winters, on an
Mines of King Solomon,
A cablegram to tho Chicago Chron
icle, under date of London, July 25,
bays: That hardy pioneer, Dr. Carl
Peters, who has been called the Cecil
Rhodes of Germany becauso of tho
vast slicn of African territory which
he brought under the German lag, is
preparing to set forth on yet another
Journey of adventure to cast Africa in
tho neighborhood of the Zambesi.
Ho says that after looking up thrcj
or four of his gold mines near Mac
quece ho intends to plunge back into
Macombe's country, which contains
about tho darkest of what remains of
"darkest Africa," and continue tho
promising explorations begun on prev
ious expeditions, especially with the
idea of collecting further Information
to prove the theory that King Solo
mon's mines were located there.
Tho energetic doctor has already
produced an interesting tfookful of tes
timony, gathered on the spot at first
hand, to indicate that tho Ophlr of the
old testament, which was the source
of the queen of Sheba's enormous rev
enues, was none other than this now
darkened portion of Africa. Ho says,
furthermore, that the queen of Sheba
and Solomon and all the genjrations
of miners that went before them anu
came after them merely took off the
top layers of tho gold that lies there
yet.
Plymouth Rock in Danger,
Plymouth Rock is in danger. The
people of Provincetown and the Cape
Cod Pilgrim Memorial association pro
pose not only t erect a largo stone
monument upon the spot where "first
they trod," with a beacon light upon
It which will shine thirty miles out to
sea, but to have tin histories revised
so that they truthfully shall show
that the Pilgrims did not land first on
Plymouth Rock, but upon Province -town
Rock, and that it was in Pro
vincetown harbor the Mayflower found
a safe haven, and in that harbor the
famous "compact" was drawn up
Probably if there were inhabitants on
Clark's island they, too, would put in
a prior claim, and a Clark's island
rock, for it is a matter of true history
that some Pilgrims landed there also
on thoir way from Provincetown to
Plymouth.
This is not the worst Tho Boston
Advertiser goes so far as to intimate
that what is now known as Plymouth
Rock was five miles away from Its
present location when the Pilgrims
came to Plymouth. Worse than this,
that the people of Plymouth have
carried rocks to tho present locality
to keep up the tradition; and, worsa
still, that they are accused "of selling
successive Plymouth Rocks by piece
meal for souvenirs, and of moving
over a new stone from a neighboring
pasture as fast as the old stone Is
broken up."
Thus one after the other the old
familiar traditions disappear. It has
taken nearly three centuries to dis
pose of Plymouth Rock. In another
three centuries will Jt be sfcown that
there was no Provincetown rock, no
"compact," no Pilgrims, no Mayflow
er? And, consequently, that tho thou
sands of spinning wheels, and grand
father's clocks, and chairs, and bed
steads, and samplora, and stowpans,
and bluo plates, and psalm hooka
which camo over in tho Mayflower and
are now to bo found in every well reg
ulated household from Eastport to
Buzzard's Bay arc tho handiwork of
the cunning, thrifty Yankee forgers?
Chicago Tribune.
Antiquity of Hospitals,
Many centuries before tho Christian
era thero existed in India and Ceylon
institutions which performed tho
functions of hospitals. They wcro
built and malntainod by tho Buddh
ists. In tho Scriptures thero Is mention of
what tho Hebrews called Bcothseda,
but this was nothing moro than a few
rude huts in tho neighborhood of a
mineral spring supposed to have hom
ing properties.
According to Lecky, tho first hoispi
tal was founded by a Roman lady
named Fablola, about the fourth cen
tury, at Rome. Soon after another
hospital was founded by St Pam
machus, and another by St Basil at
Caesarea.
During tho crusades numerous hos
pitals aroso In all part of Europe.
San Spiritu, built by Innocent III., was
erected In 1201 at Rome.
The first houpital In England was
built by Lanfrane, archbishop of Can
terbury, In 1080. Tho first hospital of
any size erected In America was tho
Pennsylvania hospital, in Philadel
phia, begun In 1751 by Dr. Bond and
Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia
Medical Journal.
A Stolen River,
A dispatch to the Chicago American
under date of Guthrie, O. T., July 25,
says: A peculiar case now under con
sideration is that of the state of Kan
gas against tho state of Colorado, in
which the latter is charged wlta
causing the low tide of the Arkansas
river, which has Its origin in Colo
rado and penetrates both Kansas and
Oklahoma in its route to tho Missi3
slppl. As Oklahoma has also suffered from
the lack of water, the people of tho
territory are interested in the outcomo
ot the uit
It is claimed that the Irrigation sys
tems maintained by the state of Colo
lado along this stream, from which
tho water is used to supply the Irriga
tion ditches, have lowered the Ar
kansas until Its benefits to Kansas
farmers are much less than formerly.
According to the attorney general of
Colorado, Kansas has made a claim
that there Js a subterranean stream,
which Colorado has tapped, running
underneath the Arkansas. He, there
fore, claims it is up to Kansas to
make this declaration good, placing
the burden of proof on Kansas.
He says Colorado, therefore, will
pass the entire matter until Kansas
puts in some definite proof of the ex
istence of such a subterranean stream.
It is the belief of irrigatlonlsts 5n
western Kansas that such a stream
does exist, but the first real efforts
to demonstrate that fact have only re
cently been mado.
The state engineer of Colorado com
menced this week the taking of meas
urements of the river, as required by
the supreme court Ho is measuring
the flow at low and high tide at vari
ous places, and will carefully note all:
the various peculiarities of the stream.
Particular attention will be paid to
tho examination of conditions where
the river crosses the state line. Just
as soon as tho measurements are com
pleted tho case will be pushed to a
conclusion.
AH OLD AffD WELL TRIED REMEDY.
Miu. W1K5L0W8 BooTirrea Strup for chtldrea
teetblBC ehould alwayi bo uwd for children while
teething. H softens the Kuma, allay nil pain, caret
wind colic and s tho teat remedy for dUrrnoea
Twentr-lvo cent! a,botUt it Is toe be&t.
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